There are a hundred different ways to skim off the top.

5 seconds sound clip from the The Shawshank Redemption movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:18:57 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- It made all the papers and got his picture in Look Magazine.

- No free ride. But rather a genuine, progressive advance in corrections and rehabilitation.

- Our inmates, properly supervised, will be put to work outside these walls, performing all manner of public service.

- These men can learn the value of an honest day's labour, while providing a valuable service to the community and at a bare minimum of expense to Mr. and Mrs. John Q Taxpayer.

- Of course, Norton failed to mention to the press that bare minimum of expense is a fairly loose term.

- There are a hundred different ways to skim off the top.

- Men, materials, you name it.

- And, oh, my Lord, how the money rolled in.

- If this keeps up, you gonna put me out of business.

- Ned!

- This pool of slave labour you've got, you can underbid any contractor in town.

[...]

The Shawshank Redemption Sound Clip

The Shawshank Redemption Blu-Ray cover

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Actors: Tim Robbins (Andy Dufresne), Morgan Freeman (Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding), Bob Gunton (Warden Samuel Norton), Clancy Brown (Captain Byron Hadley), James Whitmore (Brooks Hatlen), William Sadler (Heywood)

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